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‘During droughts, pivot to agroecology’: Q&A with soil expert at the World Agroforestry Centre
As the unabating drought in Kenya persists, pastoralists in the region are struggling as millions of their livestock perish and vast swaths of crops die. About 4.4 million people in the country are food insecure.
International food agencies are calling it a dire humanitarian situation and highlight the vital need to...
2023 - Mongabay Series
Boletín informativo
The Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) Monthly Digest (May 2023)
The Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) Monthly Digest showcases the latest contents uploaded in the FFKP to provide its readers with relevant and up to date information on family farming main themes such as agroecology, smallscale fisheries, pastoralism, indigenous people, and more.
2023 - Family Farming Knowledge Platform FFKP
Artículo de blog
Organic agriculture knowledge resources available in local languages
A webinar titled « Ressources disponibles sur l'agriculture biologique en langues locales » (Organic agriculture knowledge resources available in local languages) was organised on 14 September 2023 by Access Agriculture Local Engagement team for Francophone partners, especially from the Knowledge Centres for Organic Agriculture (KCOA) in Africa project funded by...
Mali
2023 - Access Agriculture
Vídeo
Cover crops in soil nutrient management in organic orchards
Problem
The need for suitable management options in terms of nutrient input, erosion and biodiversity.
Solution
The use of cover crops in the inter-row can provide several ecosystem services including the provision of nutrients and organic matter to the soil and the fruit crop, reduction of soil erosion or increase of biodiversity
Description
The video...
Poland
2023 - Organic Farm Knowledge
Artículo de blog
Cacao et agroforesterie : faire le pari de la régénération naturelle des arbres
La cacaoculture demeure l’une des principales causes de déforestation en Afrique de l’Ouest. Aujourd’hui, via l’agroforesterie, la filière participe à la réintroduction des arbres dans le paysage. Une transition nécessaire, mais qui s’appuie sur des programmes coûteux. En Côte d’Ivoire, des scientifiques ont passé 240 hectares de cacaoyères au peigne...
2023 - Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)
Directrices
The multiple benefits of organic for climate and biodiversity – visualised in our new infographic
The systemic approach of organic farming contributes to climate mitigation, supports the adaptation of farmers to the consequences of climate change and increases the resilience of farming systems, while protecting and enhancing biodiversity.
Common practices in organic farming, such as crop rotations and using organic fertiliser, and the fact that organic...
European Union
2023 - Ifoam Organics Europe
Artículo de blog
Access Agriculture at Malawi Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (MaFAAS) 2023
“The Access Agriculture smart projector can transform farmer learning by allowing them not only to gain knowledge about good agricultural practices, but also to put into practice what they see in the videos,” said Blessings Mtembo from CARE International in Malawi, when he visited the Access Agriculture booth at the...
South Africa
2023 - Access Agriculture
Libro
Livestock grazing systems and sustainable development in the Mediterranean and Tropical areas
Recent knowledge on their strengths and weaknesses
Family-run ruminant grazing systems in the Mediterranean and tropical areas contribute directly to eight of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. For a long time, these livestock systems have been on the fringe of agricultural investment efforts. However, they have undeniable assets to meet...
2023 - CIRAD
Artículo de blog
Can the CAP and Carbon Farming Coexist?
Carbon Farming is the new hype in agriculture. A proposal for a Certification Framework of Carbon Removals was proposed back in November by the Commission and there is a strong push by the Swedish presidency and French government to make it happen quickly. But can a Europe-wide Carbon Farming program...
European Union
2023 - ARC2020
Artículo de blog
Afrique : les pratiques agroécologiques sont largement utilisées par les agriculteurs
Les agriculteurs africains, aussi bien les petites exploitations que les plus grandes fermes, recourent très largement à toute une palette de pratiques agroécologiques. Cette observation controversée vient d'être révélée dans un nouveau document de travail de l'équipe du projet Viabilité.Une réalité qui s'applique à un large éventail de contextes sociopolitiques...
2023 - Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)
Vídeo
Organic approach to plant health care and pesticides regulation - Full version
This video explains the organic approach to plant health care, gives insights into the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation (SUR), and explains what policy makers need to do to reach the reduction goals set by the EU Green Deal's Farm to Fork strategy.
European Union
2023 - Ifoam Organics Europe
Artículo de blog
Upskilling Community Skills Development Centre teachers in Malawi
Fourteen representatives from five Community Skills Development Centres (CSDCs) participated recently in a hands-on training session organised by Access Agriculture in Zomba, Malawi, as part of an AFC/GOPA consulting group project under the GIZ-Empowering Youth in Agribusiness (EYA) initiative.
Malawi
2023 - Access Agriculture
Estudio de caso
EcoSol-agroecología construyen circuitos cortos solidarios por proximidades societales: experiencias en Brasil y Bolivia
In Latin America, hegemonic development strengthens agribusiness, whose model follows the Green Revolution with its technological packages. An alternative arises from the growing convergence of two social movements: agroecology and Solidarity Economy (EcoSol), here called EcoSol-agroecology. Their networks build short circuits, bringing producers and consumers closer together and strengthening their...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Brazil
2023 - UNESP, São Paulo
Artículo de blog
Women produce up to 80% of food in developing countries
Research by the Food and Agriculture Association found women are essential to small-scale agriculture, farm labour and day-to-day family subsistence.
Slow Food, a worldwide organisation promoting traditional cooking, is celebrating women who grow food and preserve food cultures in their daily lives. According to the FAO, women produce between 60 and...
2023 - Slowfood
Artículo de blog
Oxford Real Farming Conference 2023 | Agroecology Movement Gathers for Hope and Action
This year’s Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) felt more necessary than ever. Gathering in person for the first time since January 2020, the great and the good of agroecology turned their attention to the pressing matters of the day: the intersectional crises of biodiversity, climate, energy and cost of living....
2023 - ARC2020
Miscelánea
Launch of the FPC report on the Sustainable Food Systems Law: Policy recommendations for a meaningful transition
On 25 April, the Food Policy Coalition (FPC) held its first in person-meeting in Brussels to launch its report “Sustainable Food Systems Law: Policy recommendations for a meaningful transition“.
The FPC urged the need for a new legal framework for Sustainable Food Systems that looks at the whole food system: from production to...
European Union
2023 - Ifoam Organics Europe
Artículo de blog
Agroecology beyond cultivated landscapes: Pastoralist experiences from Africa and Central Asia
From the steppes of Kyrgyzstan to the vast plains around Mount Kenya, the Agroecology Fund is proud to support pastoralist initiatives demonstrating that agroecology is an approach that can be applied to different food systems. An age-old, traditional way of life for Indigenous communities across the world, pastoralism upholds many...
2023 - Agroecology Fund
Artículo
The great mistake of plantation programs in cocoa agroforests – Let's bet on natural regeneration to sustainably provide timber wood
Cocoa production has been one of the main drivers of forest loss in West Africa. In the resulting post-forest landscapes, agroforestry has often been recognised as a solution to reconcile the preservation of trees and agriculture. Thus, a large number of tree plantation programs have been carried out in cocoa...
2023
Hoja informativa
Sustainable Public Procurement: strategic lever towards a more sustainable food system – new infographics
Sustainable public procurement has countless benefits that make it a strategic lever to trigger a change in the food system. Indeed, increasing the share of organic food products in public procurement makes it more sustainable and can generate a positive impact on kitchen staff training, waste reduction, health, canteen budgets,...
European Union
2023 - Ifoam Organics Europe
Artículo de blog
Le bocage sahélien en partage
Dans la zone sahélienne au Burkina Faso, les sols sont pauvres, mal protégés par une végétation clairsemée et ont tendance à s’éroder sous l’effet des pluies de mousson. La pression démographique, la diminution du temps de jachère, le surpâturage et les effets des dérèglements climatiques ont conduit, au fil du...
2023 - Gret
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